“I counted them out and I counted them all back in again.”
This famous quote from a Falklands War reporter sums up a
simple technique that’s long been used to account for people, livestock, any items
that depart and are expected to return.
The familiar tally board works well when competitors are
known, controlled and relatively few in number. When you have a long entry list
and can’t be sure who is going to turn up, or you need them to declare whether,
or not, they sailed the course, then signing sheets are the way to go. But then
you have the problem of comparing scribbles!
SailEvent eTally replaces signing on paper with everyday technology – mobile phones.
Then the clever thing is that SailEvent collates and compares, in real time, the lists of those who went sailing with those who have returned. Any discrepancy is immediately obvious.These screenshots are from the SailEvent Race Team app taken during the ‘Admirals Cuppa’, an invitation event for illustration only!
Now apply the all important afloat but NOT ashore filter and where’s Rodney!?
Time to start looking for him.
In this blog post we’ve shown how SailEvent’s eTally feature brings today’s thinking to traditional tallying.
In our next post we introduce a new, connected alternative
to eTally by phone.
